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Government urged to implement wealth tax to stop mounting aid cuts
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves hosting a roundtable with the defence sector at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, February 28, 2025

INTRODUCE a wealth tax to avoid mounting cuts to international aid, campaigners urged the government yesterday. 

It comes after the international development committee warned that progress in eliminating global hunger has stalled — at best.

Last month, the Labour government announced that it would slash its aid budget from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of gross national income. 

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